In the Land of Leadale - Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - Let's Provide Technology.

[Aenir]

I love the whole "high elves can hear the screams of plants" bit.

 

[Tetsuki]

All of you must consider.... she should only have wood available. It's not a city, but a village. So there probably is't any metall to work with.

 

[w1ck3d]

@Sunsettt For the tanks it turned into a tank... and still sucks.

 

[dextersTomato]

My silly guess,
after 4 years of continuous upgrading the village, Queena will already having built
1. Ramparts
2. Electric water pump
3. Solar Panels
4. Automatic Defense System. Golems
5. AI controlled village wellness system
6. Radar for incoming bird monsters
7. Beauty Parlor
8. Special Lingeries Shop
9. Ramen Shop
10. Cake and Tea Shop

 

[Ironclad]

It's so impractical. A hand pump isn't that complicated. Maybe a winch.

 

[Solistia]

@wannabe123321 yep, for some reason they updated the "water wheel" for the volume release vs the original magazine run.

 

[DeadTried]

lol she had to use jason's blade on the trees so she wouldn't hear their screams when she cut them down

 

[Blackbird]

Poor tree and everything this could also be the reason why Elf dislikes people hurting the nature.

 

[eng1]

@solistia probably because the water wheel would never reach the bottom of a well and be useless? Though her current invention is also questionable, i mean why not just make a simple crankshaft pulley?

 

[CalamityCallout]

Thanks for translating!

 

[Kathartes]

If axis of the wheel is on same height as the surrounding wall, then water level would be very near ground level, which is even more illogical. The whole belt contraption looks wacky, but at least author can weasel their way out by saying it includes heating function too.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

Cutting trees is more difficult than defeating monsters for this elf.

 

[hifumin]

oh god nooo Tree

 

[flannan]

@Ironclad - indeed, at that level of sophistication, a pump would be a lot easier.

 

[Mivas]

I mean just adding some simple pulleys would have made the whole thing easier.

 

[Renren7356]

thank you for translating!! I missed this story

 

[Vanness]

yeah this is clearly over engineering. Maintenance, initial costs (resources and assembly), and effort to retrieve the water, are all excessive for this design, given the technology used. If she simplified this design down to something that used less buckets (effectively a crankshaft, pulley, and bucket) everything would be better.

This is the design you'd use, if you attached a motor of some sort (ie. wind mill or water wheel), but didn't have access to ample metals to make a pump.

 

[Stalkerman]

The trees are gonna bite her in the ass one day arnt they? Is the Lorax gonna attack or something?

 

[DDosGaming]

that over-engineered took more effort with all its weight and friction

this is how you do it

 

[IMACOP]

...so, she built a water mill in a well.